Garment-clasp.



No. 754,462. PATENTBD MAR. 15 1904. A. J. KRIBNITZ, GARMENT CLASP.

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following is a specification.

Patented March 15, 1904.

UNITED STATEsP ATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED J. KRIENITZ, or MILwAIiKEE, WIsooNsmassIe oR or Two THIRDS TO HENRY e. RUENZEL AND EDWARD MUNDT,J or MIL- WAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

-GARMENT-CLASP. i

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1\T0. 754,462, dated March 15,1904. Application filed September 4,1962. Serial 116122094. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED J. KRIENITZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garment-Clasps, of which the My invention relates to improvements in garment-clasps, r

The object of my invention is toprovide a form of clasp especially adapted for the sup port of undergarments from the waistbands of trousers, although the device may also be used for numerous-other purposes.

In the following description referenceis had to the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 is aside viewof my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.' Fig. 3 is also a plan View showing a modified form of spring. Fig. tis a sectional view drawn on line 00 w of Fig. 1.

Like parts are identified by thesame reference characters throughout the several views.

A fulcrum-plate 1 and clamping-plate 2 are preferably formed integrally of a single piece of metal,as shown. The fulcrum-plate is preferably curved or hook-shaped at a near one end to keep other articles of clothing away from the fulcrum-pivot. For example, if the device is applied to clamp an undergarment to the waistband of a pair of trousers the hook at will keep the coat of the wearer away from the fulcrum-pivot, or if the device is used on a necktie the part a will keep the vest away from the pivot-pin, where it might otherwise get caught and torn. The clamping-plate is formed with an arch b and an outwardly-curving extrernity c, the intervening crown d serving as an abutment for one arm of the clamping-lever. Ears 3 project outwardly from the sides of the fulcrum-plate, and a transverse pin 4, supported by the ears, serves as a'fulcrum. The clamping-lever consists of a plate of less width than the fulcrum-plate, with ears 6, (similar to the ears 3 on the fulcrumplate,) through which the pin 1 passes, as shown. The operatingarm 7 of this lever extends along the upper surface of the fulcrum-plate, and the clamping-arm 8 extends through a slot 9 in the plate and backwardly, underneath the pivot to a point f, where it is bent in the form of an elbow and projects into the arch b, with its exment or article to be supported. When the lever is again returned to clamping position, the garment or article to be supported will be engaged between the extremity of the clampingarm and the plate 2. If desired, the parts may be so formed that the clamping-arm will come into forcible engagement with the plate 2, depressing the latter slightly, as indicated in Fig. 1, thus afiording a very eflective clamping pressure. The lever is held in its normal or clamping position by means of a spring 12, which is coiled upon the pivot-rod with one end resting upon the arm 7 of the lever and the other end engaging the fulcrumplate 1 on the opposite side of the fulcrum or pivot-rod. Any other form of spring may, however, be substituted for the coiled spring 12. In Fig. 3 I will illustrate a form of flat spring 13, which is provided with cars 14:, through which the pivot-rod passes,the spring being arranged to bear upon the operating-arm of the lever and the fulcrum plate, as shown. The lower end of the clamping-arm of the lever is preferably serrated. It will be observed that the arms of the lever project upon opposite sides of the fulcrum-plate, but on the same side of the perpendicular plane of the waistband of a pair of trousers, the clampinglever will be raised, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the edges of both garments inserted between the fulcrum and clamping plates, as shown in said figure. The lever is then depressed to bring the arm 8 into forcible contact with the cloth, the clamping-plate yielding slightly and by reactionary pressure against the extremity of the lever in advance of the elbow f, holding the lever in clamping position. position by the weight of the cloth, which tends to pull the end of the lever toward the crown (Z and increase the pressure of the clamping end of the lever proportionally to the strain exerted.

The device is used to clamp undergarments to skirts or trousers, the edges of both garments being inserted between the lever and clamping-plate, or for clamping the ends of neckties together, or for holding pieces of superposed fabric in position pending the operation of stitching them together, or in any other relation where clamps of the described class are found serviceable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the described class, the

The lever is also held in clamping.

ing-lever pivotally secured to the fulcrumplate, with one end projecting toward the clamping-plate, and adapted to bear against the inwardly-curving portion of the clampingplate, whereby material engaged between the lever and clamping-plate, will, when subjected to strain, draw the lever against the angular face of the inwardly-curving portion of the clamping-plate.

3. In a device of the described class, the combination of aslotted fulcrum-plate; an el bowed lever pivotally secured thereto, with one arm extended through the slot and the other arm normally parallel with the plate; a clamping-plate connected with the fulcrumplate at one end, arranged to form an arch b, and an inwardly-curving crown cl, near its free end, the arm of the lever which projects through the slot in the fulcrum-plate being arranged to extend into the arch of the clamping-plate, and adapted to engage the inwardlycurving portion of the latter in the rear of the crown d, said clamping-plate being adapted to yield resiliently-to pressure exerted by the lever.

4. In a device of the described class the combination of. a slotted fulcrum-plate; a lever pivotally secured thereto, with one arm extending through the slot and doubled backwardly along the under side of the fulcrumplate, with a downwardly-extending end portion 8; a clamping-plate having resilient connectionv at one end with the fulcrum-plate and ALFRED J. ,KRIENITZ.

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Lnvnnn'r'r C. WVHEELER, JAs. B. ERWIN. 

